Nitrogen-fixing sinorhizobia with Medicago laciniata constitute a novel biovar (bv. medicaginis) of S. meliloti

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 526-538

  Villegas, Maria Del Carmen ^a   Rome, Sophie ^a   Mauré, Lucette ^a   Domergue, Odile ^a   Gardan, Louis ^b   Bailly, Xavier ^a   Cleyet Marel, Jean Claude ^a   Brunel, Brigitte ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterial diversity; Medicago sauvagei; Medics; Mediterranean legumes; Nitrogen fixation; Polyphasic taxonomy; Sinorhizobium

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; NITROGEN; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BARREL MEDIC; BIOTYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FRANCE; GENE SEQUENCE; MEDICAGO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIONT; TUNISIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO LACINIATA; MEDICAGO POLYMORPHA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEDICAGO SAUVAGEI; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MEDICAE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 33747034555     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2005.12.008     Document Type: Article

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